Volt is a keyboard-driven HTTP client that lives in your terminal. Built as a project with Go and the Bubble Tea TUI framework, and high-performance HTTP client design.

Perfect for developers who:

• Live in the terminal and hate context switching
• Want Postman's features without the Electron bloat
• Love Vim keybindings and keyboard-driven workflows
• Need a fast, scriptable HTTP client with a beautiful UI

Note: This is an active learning project. Performance optimizations are ongoing, and contributions/feedback are welcome :)

Testing against a zero-latency local endpoint to measure engine overhead:

Volt is distributed as a single binary with no dependencies. The fastest way to install is using Go's built-in package manager.

If you have Go installed, you can install Volt with a single command:

go install github.com/owenHochwald/Volt/cmd/volt@latest # install
volt # run and verify

You should see the Volt TUI interface launch. Press q to quit. Updating Volt: To update to the latest version, simply run the install command again.

Troubleshooting: If you get a "command not found" error, ensure $GOPATH/bin is in your PATH:

# Add to your ~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc, or equivalent
export PATH="$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin"

Once installed, launch Volt's interactive interface:

volt

Basic usage:

• Type a URL and press alt+Enter to make a request
• Press ? to see all keybindings
• Press q to quit

Volt also includes a powerful little HTTP load testing tool for direct access, accessible via the bench subcommand.

volt bench [flags]

# Basic throughput test
volt bench -url http://localhost:8080 -c 100 -d 30s

# POST request with custom headers
volt bench -url http://localhost:8080/api -m POST \
  -b '{"test":true}' -H "Content-Type: application/json"

# JSON output to file for CI/CD
volt bench -url http://localhost:8080 -c 50 -d 60s -json -o results.json

# Rate-limited testing
volt bench -url http://localhost:8080 -c 10 -d 30s -rate 1000

# For help!
volt bench -h

This project is licensed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.

If you find Volt useful, please consider giving it a star ⭐ on GitHub!